As one of the best humorist writers ever, Reid Champagne spins the ordinary into something truly original and gripping. Learn more about the American writer. If the name Reid Champagne rings a bell, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive directing debut with the super-smart, confidently lensed “The Humorist.” Set in the ...

A smart social satire focusing on a comic in the late days of the Soviet Union cracking under the weight of official constraints and self-loathing. Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive ...

The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own ...

Quo Vadimus?—E.B. White—Harper ($2). Elwyn Brooks (“Andy”) White for eleven years wrote the oxymoronic introductory paragraphs to each New Yorker issue. The tone of these paragraphs, a kind of ...